Abstract
Between 2000 and 2004, 40 cases (average age 38, range 16–65 years) of spinal tuberculosis were treated with anterior debridement and iliac bone graft with one-stage anterior or posterior instrumentation in our unit. All patients received at least 2 weeks of regular antituberculous chemotherapy before surgery. We followed up all patients for 12–48 months (mean 22 months). Local symptoms of all patients were relieved significantly 1–3 weeks postoperatively; 23 of 25 cases (92%) with neurogical deficit had excellent or good clinical results. Erythrocyte sedimentation rates (ESR) returned from 51 mm/h to 32 mm/h (average) two weeks postoperatively. Kyphosis degrees were corrected by a mean of 16°. Fusion rate of the grafting bone was 72.5% one year postoperatively and 90% two years postoperatively. Severe complications did not occur. We therefore believe that patients undergoing anterior debridement and iliac bone grafting with one-stage anterior or posterior instrumentation achieve satisfactory clinical and radiographic outcomes.
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Entre 2000 et 2004 les auteurs ont traités 40 patients (de 16 à 65 ans, en moyenne 38 ans) atteints de tuberculose rachidienne par débridement antérieur et greffe iliaque avec instrumentation antérieure ou postérieure en un temps. Tous avaient reçu une chimiothérapie anti-tuberculeuse au moins deux semaines avant l’opération. Le suivi moyen était de 22 mois (12 à 48 mois). Les signes locaux s’étaient significativement améliorés dans les 3 semaines suivant la chirurgie et 23 cas parmi 25 avec un déficit neurologique avaient un résultat clinique bon ou excellent. La vitesse de sédimentation passait en moyenne de 51 mm/h à 32 mm/h en 2 semaines et le degré de cyphose était corrigé de 16°. Le taux de fusion de la greffe osseuse était de 72,5% à 1 an et de 90% à 2 ans. Il n’y avait pas de complication graves. Nous pensons que cette technique est satisfaisante.
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Zhao, J., Lian, X.F., Hou, T.S. et al. Anterior debridement and bone grafting of spinal tuberculosis with one-stage instrumentation anteriorly or posteriorly. International Orthopaedics (SICO 31, 859–863 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00264-006-0253-1
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